Aalfa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Aalfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aalfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Aalfa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aalfa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Aalfa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Aalfa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aalfa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Aalfa is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Aalfa live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Aalfa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 80 percent reside and Rivers, where 20 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent reside and Niger, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Aalfa
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